HOWARD v. COMMONWEALTH


240 S.W.2d 616 (1951)

HOWARD v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 22, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. A. Noble, Hazard, G. C. Allen, Jackson, for appellant.

A. E. Funk, Atty. Gen., Walter C. Herdman, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


STEWART, Justice.

Appellant, Galen Howard, was indicted for the murder of Jack Begley at the September Term, 1950, of the Perry circuit court. At a trial on the 8th day of November, 1950, he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at 10 years confinement in the state reformatory. He appeals, relying upon the following grounds for reversal.

(1) That the verdict of the jury is excessive and flagrantly against the law and evidence; (2...

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